The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 3, 1903, Page 5

THE SAN HERTCAN LEATS ME N BT s i . { Desper.a e Fight Goes|geyeals Job-Seeker’s Efforts Against Honduras ! to Capture Place of a Insurgents. ) ] INDIANOLA GASE HAG FUNNY SIDE Postoffice Department Makes Public the f Correspondence. | Negress. | —————— | Small o i WASHINGTON, March 2.—Postmaster | mall Following of Lee General Payne to-day forwarded to the Christmas Is Almost House all the papers in the case of the | | Indianola, Miss., postoffice, which post- | Annihilated. {office was discontinued by the adminis- | —_— { tration because of the forced retirement | Wania of its negro postmistress. The corre- | ankee Commander Flees to the spor e shows that A. B. Weeks, a| Mountains and Will Be | broth w of Mayor Davis of In-| : rott ! Hunted to the dianola an his candidacy for the post- | Death. : gro incumbert as far | when he began sending | nd telegrams to rs include an ex- SR, S5 oot Special Dispatch to The Call W ORLEANS, March 2.—Passengers | narrating a con- | steamer Breakwater to-day bring | took place at ® SIS Sawre oL s batile Dousht in Hon- this letter Mayor Davis Wednes: between the Gov- quoted as saying that if troops and a band of insur- ain take charge of the gents or Lee Christmas, an American. | Indianc postoffice she would “get herl he 1 was fou . two days’ | neck broken ins: of two hours.” or Davis wrote to the Fourth As- Postmaster General in January sting copies of all letters writ- m tmas, ol - n to the department regarding the post- and fo ‘;' The | office and said that the postmaster was | f"p‘:"’, ) ‘the Teauested by all of the citizens to resign; | R g that no threats were made; that she was | “perfectly willing” to give up the office. | Fourth Assistant Postmaster General | Bristow declined to supply the covies of the letters. e 1 never be captured The correspondence shows that A. B. Weeks wrote to the department several -| ‘etters during last April, in one of which he requested that he be appointed at once, and In a letter dated May 30, 1902, he said that he was anxfous to get the appointment, supplementing this on July . 2 with a letter asking ior his own ap- : n t ure occurred | pointment and_giving reasons why it s a a over the|should be made. On September 19 he induced Christmas to | Wrote to the Fourth Assistant Postmaster i!;o‘w ral that there was a determined ef- “ L AR { fort by the people to make the postmas- | ter resign or give up the office in some | way because of her color anC requesting | that his application be remembered. TLE WOMEN’'S CLUB | GIVES ENTERTAINMENT On October 9 Weeks wrote to the Pre: dent tnat he i the assurauce of M Cox er, that ‘“she will for- the postm B .| wara her resignation in the next few ge Crowd Highly Enjoys Musical dave, i 1-"\‘kmx his own application R 4 . n the ground that he was the only white Programme Furnished by Char. Republican at Indfanola. On December | table Young Ladies. 13 he wwote to the President that he | b would be glad to come to Washington so | et " that it could be seen how competent n T - e Six days later he wrote that he was s b of 120 Welsh | the only good friend the administration had among the white people of Indlanaola | and later he forwarded a petition of coi- ored citizens of Indianaola and vicinity in behalf of his appointment. On Janu- ary 1st he wrote to the President that the | postmaster had abandoned the office, pressed his claims for the appointment, | number of ended ghly | Ttaining programme, | 204 said that he would be glad to have | « a5 follows: Vocal solo. Miss | the President wire him to qualify. Later . ret solo, Miss Louise | N€ Wrote to the President twice, asking | Settement Work." Rey. | that the postoffice be re-established, say- | . o. Miss Cook. | in& that Mrs. Cox would not take charge . *‘41 e office again and urging his own the course of his e work of the The papers also show that several oth- w er candidates, notably John Sharkey i Montgomery, Mrs. S. D. Watts, Miss . | Mary Hicks Hagin and Mrs. Lilllan Green, applied for the office In October, on the understanding that Mrs. Cox had - tendered or was about to tender her resignation. tiement problems in t over- Fall in the Bay Causes Death. George Wilson, a laborer, fell from the wharf at the foot of Third street into the bay while intoxicated. In falling his head struck a piling and he sustained a fractured skull. He was fished out of the water and taken to the Southern Police Station and later removed to the City and County Hos , where he expired short- be WOMAN TRIES IN VAIN T6 END HER EXISTENCE iking Blonde With Several Aliases s On the Gas in Howard- Street Lodging-House. well known about striking blonde hair and who ames which she uses at her | unsuecessful | Tux SALT LAKE, Utah, March 2.—After the hardest and closest fight of the session, the Senate to-day killed the initiative and refer- endum bill by a tie vote. | Cars Pile Up on Engine | the engine dashed into an open switch. MINER STRIVES AGAINGT GASES Grass Valley Man Suc- cumbs After a Hard Struggle. ROBBERS DITCH FREIGHT TRAIN and Fire Breaks Out in Debris. Fireman and Apprentice Are Killed, but the Engineer Escapes Injury. —_— WASHINGTON, Ind, March 2.—Train wreckers in an attempt to ditch No. 12, one of the fastest express trains on the Baitimore and Ohio Southwestern, wrecked a fast freight train, No. 9, near Lebanon, I1l., last night and caused the death of Fireman Joseph Hughey of this city and Harvey Friend of Odin, Ill., who was learning the stations on the road so a3 to work as a fireman. W. L. Lucas, a brakeman, of this city was fataily in- jured. Engineer Wedling escaped by jumping. The wrecked train was running fast near Bennetts Mine, a lomely hollow, twenty-four miles east of St. Louis, when Heroism of a Foreman Saves the Life of an Em- ploye. GRASS VALLEY, March 2.—Vincente Bragnoll met a fearful death yesterday afternoon when he had almost escaped in safety. His companion, John Bracelin, was rescued only by the heroism of John Bree. Both men were working in the Moun- tain Maid mine, owned by Dr. Pusheck. The premature explosion of giant pow- der which was being thawed out in the upper tunnel caused the formation of deadly gases. Bragnoll started up from the lower drift to secure explosives “’[ fire the last holes for the afternoon. i At the edge of the tunnel he was met by the poisonous fumes. It was 500 feet {to the mouth. tunnel, thick with smoke and filled with | gases, but was overcome and fell face | dowaward in a drain, where he smothered |to death. The body was found shortly afterward by a rescue party. Later the party started into the mine looking for Bracelin, but was driven out. Then Foreman Bree started in alone. He found Bracelin unconscious lnd carried |¢ him to the outer air. L o o e e e B S S S PLANS OF UNION ARE BETRAYED StrikingSmeltermenSay Their Secretary Is Unfaithful. The engine plowed into the switch and turned over. KEleven freight cars piled up on the engine and fire broke out In | the debris. The railroad officials believe the wreck was caused by persons leaving the switch {open with the intention of ditching and then robbing the fast express, which car- ried considerable money. The freight ar- rived a few minutes ahead of the ex- press and was wrecked, and the passen- ger train escaped. i g ENGINES ARE TELESCOPED. Head-On Collision on the Missouri Pacific Railroad. ¢« FORT SCOTT, Kans., March 2.—Mis- souri passenger train No. 40, which left Wichita yesterday morning for Fort Scott and Pleasant Hill, collided head-on with a freight train on a trestle four miles west of Fort Scott during the night. The engines were telescoped, but none of the passenger coaches turned over. Twenty or more passengers sustained cuts and bruises, but none was dangerously hurt. James Garrett of Eldorado, Kai the passenger engineer, and Walter Smith, fireman, were badly injured. The accident resulted from the fact that the freight crew, unable to run their train on a siding in time to give the pas- senger a clearance, failed to send out a flag. LAWSON’S FIRST WIFE A CHA.BMING BLONDE | COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo., March 2.— | A meeting of the striking members of the | Colorado City Mill and Smelter Men's | Union No. 125, at which many business | men were present, was held to-night in Colorado City to investigate charges = against the recording secretary of the Hotel Detective Charged With Big- | union, A. H. Crane, to the effect that he in Divorce Suit Well | Known in Chicago. Until last September, Eugene E. Law- son, the hotel detective, who is charged with blgamy in a suit for divorce filed in this city by the woman he married re- duripg the night, when three wagonloads cently, lived at the South Side Hotel, Chicago. With him was a woman the | 9f men that were being taken to ‘the ' had divulged the plans of the union to | the mill owners. Crane was brought to | the meeting under police protection, and at the conclusion of the investigation he was ordered to leave the city, which he is supposed to have done. Another sensational incident occurred amy ar at- | fe in a lodging-house The woman turned | awaiting the final | ord of the place caping fumes and quickly amt e from the Emer- A the woman was ife. she gave the name of last Sunday that | e hospital for alco- at occasion she sald her save her Ban Francisco, Tuesday, 3 March, 1908, & ® Portland mill were turned back by the hotel people believed to be his wife. Mrs, | Lawson No. 1, formerly lived in St. Louts, | Pickets guarding /the approaches to- the her brother being Frederick £. White, a | Plant. By an “"’““{‘:e"‘ed Cane i ke prominent St. Louis merchant BYeC, Jhe fuan weore SN SNEIAGE Lawson left Chicago last September, go- | ®nter the miil. ing to San Francisco. Mrs. Lawson No. oo oot 1 Temained at the hotsl untl’ a: month | @ T gl ) ago, when she returned to her home in St. Louis. She is described as a handsome A A blonde with charming manners. Lawson was formerly chief detective at the Great Northern Hotel. : —_——————— \ Is Not Annie Coulthurst. Detective Anthony returned to this city last evening and reported that the girl found wandering in the streets of Sausa- | lito Sunday night by Constable Pruett was not Annie Coulthurst as was sup- posed. The girl proved to be Mamie Wadleigh, who had escaped from the San Anselmo Orphan Asylum. ——— t —_— Transport Sheridan Arrives. Special Dispatch to The Call. The transport Sheridan arrived shortly after midnight, 25 days from Manila and | PENDLETON, Or., March 2.—A human 18 days from Nagasaki. She brings 97 | skull with horns savors of the prehistoric cabin and 13 steerage passengers. One | ages, but the presence of one on the farm death occurred on the voyage, a dis-|of Thomas Adkins, eight miles south of | charged soldier succumbing on March 1. | here, is evidence that such queer things | still exist. Adkins decided to search a heap of stones piled up cairn-llke on the farm near McKay Creek. The heap had been | there as long as the oldest settlers could remember. With another Adkins threw aside the pile and found underneath stones built in a grave-like form. With much labor they began to pull these up. Three feet down a skeleton came to light. It belonged to a short, heavy-get being of the human species. , | The back joints were very heavy. The FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, He started out through the | | Philippines. M. Mahoney. Some few e was treated at the hos- = en she gave tne name of Ma- d said she was a resident - YOKE.STEBS WILL HAVE A . LARGE CLASS INITIATION || ,A:‘xmgemenls Have Been Made to| Confer the Degree on Four ‘ Hundred Strangers. | local courts of the Anclent Order | Foresters for some time past have | working to secure a larger number | ‘of strangers for the purpose of initiat- | £ them in & class in Golden Gate Hall | Thursday evening. The initiatory | =3 cm will be conGucted under the | | ect! of Walter J. Yarrow, past| f ranger of Court Occidental. It is! pected there will be four hundred can- | have the degree conferred upon | v the Alameda degree team under | of Charles Johnson of Court| the ceremony there will be ad- High Chief Ranger Sanford, | h Ranger O. M. Goldaracena and | rmanent Secretary John Falconer. - ee—————— Natives Want Roosevelt. e local parlors of the Native Sons th Golden West have organized gh representatives to temnder Presi- Roosevell a reception on his visit James D. Phelan has been Washington Dodge, louie Mosser, secretary, | treasurer. The sec- instructed to communicate the President and ssk him to name or-evening during his so- re when he will meet the Native Golderr West #Hall. The com- Al secure 2 suitable souveneir to the distinguished visitor. The officers and the Past Presidents’ will co-operate with the com. was grand Association ghters will join the Sons in the re- eption ‘ Annual Spring Gala day of our business year. To-Morrow, March Fourth, The homor of your presence is re- quested at the celebration of the Second Anniversary of this store and our ening Display of new Furniture, Floor Coverings and Draperies. Store will remain closed during the It forenoon, to better prepare for the event—the doors opening at 1 130 o'clock. From two to five o’clock in the afternoon and from eight to eleven at night concerts will be given on the i first floor by Bennett’s Orchestra and { on the seventh floor by the famous Hawaiian Glee Club. No selling will be permitted. A splendid welcome will be extended to / all who attend. Visitors are requested to come in the afternoon if possible, thus avoiding the larger crowds of the evening. skull contained extremely prominent jaw bones with strange wide teeth. Strangest of all horns about two inches long pro- jected from each side of the head. No one can explain the phenomenon. SAXON POLICE EXPEL AN AMERICAN DENTIST || His Bupposed Relations With Former Crown Princess Louise Get Him Into Trouble. DRESDEN, March 2.—L. A. O'Brien, an ||| American dentist, has been ordered to leave the kingdom on account of his sup- posed relations with the former Crown Princess Louise. He will leave Dresden ||| Wednesday and will sall with his wife and four children for America on Thurs- ||| day. The police at first ordered him to leave Saxony within twenty-four hours, but the court extended the time so as to permit O’Brien to settle up his affairs. The Saxon Government has notified the other governments of O’'Brien’'s expulsion, making it, under royal courtesy, impossi- || ble for nim to reside in Germany or Aus- —— Dominion Line Steamer Is Aground. QUEENSTOWN, March 2.—The Domin- jon Line steamer Merion, which arrived here from Boston yesterday, is aground near Roches Peint, White Bay. Tugs were unsuccessful in efforts to float the Merion at high tide to-night and a tender is now proceeding to the steamer with the intention of taking off the passengers. Admiralty tugs will help in the effort to get the vessel afloat to-morrow. —_— New Penal Code for Philippines. supersede the Spanish code. Vice Gov- ernor Wright is the author of the new code. It has been reviewed and revised ot several American States. —_— Vancouver Declares a Quarantine. VANCOUVER, B. C., March 2.—Dr. J. A. McAlpine, medical health officer of the MANILA, March 2—The Government is | over the daugerou: preparing to promulgate a penal code to | cross the bar and have taken the ship into a the other members of the Phi ¢ the risk the pilots t’,nunhaam and is modeled after '3:':: gfllty that is on unlr shoulders dnu-ml-e- MARCH 3, 1903. CHAPLAIN FACES ~[FAKE. INWERITOR COURT-MARTIAL Charge Against Him Is Based on a Civil Action. Declines to Pay a Debt Con- tracted by a Daughter .Who Eloped. el DENVER, March 2.—The trial by court- martial of Chaplain H. G. Gavitt on a charge of conduct unbecoming an officer and a gentleman was held at Fort Logan to-day. The trial was the outcome of a civil suit brought against Chaplain Gavitt by the firm of Schiesinger & Meyers of Chicago tc recover a debt of $371, which was con- tracted by hiz daughter several years ago. In his testimony to-day Chaplain Gavitt sald the debt was contracted by his daughter in buying a trousseau before her elopment with Ariel C. Jewell, son of a wealthy Chicago merchant. He declared that he paid part of it, but declined to pay more when he learned that the firm was trying to collect it from Jewell’s fam- ily. Testimony was introduced to show Chaplain Gavitt's gallant conduct in the The case was finished and the finding will be sent to Washington before becoming public. COPENHAGEN, March 2.—The City Coun- ofl to-night elected a Socialist house painter ‘named Jensen as Mayor of the finance de- partment, L e e e e e e e ] ] TEMPESTS AS3AIL ATLANTIG SHORES Shipping Endangered on the Coast of New- foundland. ST. JOHNS N. hurricane, the worst in many years, raged here yesterday and still prevails. One | schooner was wrecked, but the crew was saved. It is feared that other disasters bave occurred along the coast. LONDON, March 2.—Terrific seas are running in the English Channel. The waves are sweeping the sea fronts of the south coast towns and doing much dam- age to the piers and adjacent roads. Sev- | eral fatalities have resulted from the col- lapse of various structures. X large bark, believed to belong to Hamburg, has foundered off Land's End. Her crew, numbering about twenty men, are supposed to have been drowned. i | Steel Door Falls, Crushing Workmen. PUEBLO, Colo.,, March 2.—One man was killed and three were injured in the | casting foundry at the steel works to-day by the falling of a steel door weighing 1000 pounds. The dead: John Foran. The injured: James Willlams, left leg frac- tured. Frank Whittlesey, head crushed; Frank Klon, bruised. I SHOOEE TR England Will Not Buy Warships. LONDON, March 2—In answer to a| question in the House of Commons to-day Premler Balfour said Great Britain had refused to purchase the Chilean and Ar- gentina warships under construction in Europe. The Admiralty had carefully considered the matter and concluded that these vessels were not suitable for the British navy. — - ‘William Hood. SANTA ROSA, March 2.—William Hood, at one time one of the most prominent citizens in Sonoma County, died yesterday at Uklah after a short illness and the remains were to-day brought to this city for interment. He was a resident of this county since 1849, and for many years owned the Los Guilicos rancho, a splen- did principality containing 18,000 acres. He leaves a large family. He was an uncle of Mrs, city, widow of the late Supreme Justice. PG R Medric Robillard. DENVER, March 2.—Medric Robillard, known in the theatrical world as Louis Martinetti, is dead at Victor, Colo., and his remains will be shipped to Fall River, Mass., for burial. Death was caused by apoplexy. Martinett! was the chief come- dian of “The Devil's Auction” company, and was taken ill while playing at Crip- ple Creek. He was born at Montreal in 1868 and was the youngest of the famous Martinetti family of acrobats. L e e e Y ) TELLS OF FIGHT AGAINST PILOTS, — Continued From Page 2, Column 6. fore, d14 you ever Dring this matter to the at- tention of the Legisiature? has been brought up on numerous occasions, partic- ularly in 18811 believe there was a strong fight made here for the reduction of the pilotage. There was a bill introduced by Sen- ator Brooks, and then since that time there has been other pilots attempt at legislation. DUTIES OF PILOTS. Mr, Shortridge—Q.—It was in the testi- mony here given that the sum paid to the pi- lots in the past month was something over $400 each net. From your experience, would you believe that to be @ just or unjust charge on shipping? A.—I think that pilots ought to re- ccive at least $100 a month. A bricklayer or garpenter. or & pl.nm- gets anywhere between 85 and $7 and they have no responsi- bility, but - nllet when he goes to sea takes in the hollow of his hand probably a million —TIt and & half of property and hundreds of lives, and so much fmportance do we attach to it, that altnough our captains on our big steam- ers have pilot licenses in and out of the port of San Francisco, We never let them go to sea without & pilot on board. Q.—You go to the expemse, then, of paying this charge yourself? A.—Yes, sir, “Q.—Rather than take the chances without a pilot? A.—Yes_ sir, for the reason that the pilots—their s| duty is to take the ship places. and as soon as they safe locality, then the captain of the ship takes command again until he reaches another t, where he will take a piiot. Wa —Exactly so, A.—And it is just a question and the responsi- t they should recelve. I should think $400 it e woqu—-(lnterr\wtlnl)—-’l‘hll ll in your judg- ment reasonable? A.—Yes, s The witness was then zxculod John W. Curry was the next witness. F., March 2.—A furious | Jackson Temple of this| UNCLE SAM'S SCOUTS WIN BIG VICTORY Attack and Defeat Body of Ladrones Out- side Manila. BETS THE GOIN Two Alleged Bunko Men Secure Money From Hotel Owner. Oakland Police Capture One, Who They Think Heads the Gang. —_—— Qakland Office San Francisco Call, 1118 Broadway, March 2. After an Hour’s Pighting In- In the arrest to-day of Joseph surgents Retreat From Fortas, a middle-aged Swiss, Chief & of Police Hodgkins belleyes he has the Field. in custody one member of a gang PRESICES, ST of French-Ttallan bunko men that has been successfully operating throughout the Pacific Coast on an extensive scale among their credulous countrymen of Constables Also Surprise and Cap- ture a Stronghold of the Rebels in the Mountains of means. For a surety, Fortas is one of the Tl pair of swindlers who, on January 21, » ] cleverly secured $1000 from Henry Cam- —_— mas, proprietor of the Oriental House, | Seventh and Washington streets. Cam- mas this evening positively identified For- tas, picking him out from a crowd of seven men at the City Prison. The bunko man was also easily recognized by John Welch, a bartender at a saloon at the cor- Der of Ninth and Franklin streets, where Cammas parted with his hoard. Chief Hodgkins accomplished the arrest through the efforts of Sheriff Taylor of MANILA, March 2.—A detachment of scouts under the command of Lieutenant Nickerson attacked and defeated a body of ladrones near the village of Mari- quiana, seven miles from Manila, yester- day. Lieutenant Nickerson attacked be- fore daylight. After an hour’s fighting the ladrones were scattered and nineteen were killed and many wounded. There' were no casualties on the side of the scouts. Marin County and Detectives fKyte and | “.ppo constabulary last Wednesday sur- Holland of the local department. The | prised and captured a stronghold of the capture was made this afternoon on | pre And captu mountains of Albay, Luzon,whefe a force of ladrones attacked a small detachment of constabulary on February 20. The constabulary on Wed- nesday met with some resistance from the ladrones, who were defeated with a loss of ten killed and four captured. The ladrones’ stronghold and supplies were burned. William Crozier, editor, Mr. Kenny, man- ager, and Mr. Green, a reporter of the American have been arrested on the chargl of libeling General Davis. When General Davis expressed his pa tial disapproval of the findings in the Major Glenn case, the American pub- lished an editorial charging General Davis with a desire to carry favor with the ad- ministration in the hope of being selected to succeed General Miles in the command of the army. General Davis referred this article to Governor Taft. ‘Washington street In San Francisco by Detective Kyte., The prisoner's companion has not yet been apprehended, but” the police are hopeful that they will shortly have him in custody. Chief Hodgkins feels sure that the pair are responsible for many of the sharp tricks that have been turned, especially in San Francisco and other coast cities. The Cammas iIncident was among the big items in the long list which are registered against the gang of operators, of which Fortas is believed to be one. It was on January 17 that a stranger of pleasing address and apparent financial case engaged rooms at Cammas’ hosteiry. In the course of his stay the roomer confided to Cammas, with whom he easily scraped acquaintance, speaking the same language, that he had a desire to invest some money in Oakland. They | sauntered about town and drifted into | the saloon at Ninth and Franklin streets. While drinking, operator No. 2 PASTORS LUNCH WITH 2, who | > | proves to be Fortas, edged nto the con- | WOMAN'S AUXILIARY | versation, expressing delight at meeting | Twenty-Second VAnnuA’l Custvention countrymen. It was an easy step to a | p 2 back room, after No. 2 had explained that | ©f Young Men’s Christian Asso- | ciation Is Considered. his brother had died recently in Denver, leaving him a fortune of $150,000. In Yesterday at 12:30 o'clock nearly all the proof the newcomer displayed what ap- | cjth pastors accepted the mvitat S 'S C 1t 0 peared to the hotel man to be a big roll |y 1, PASEOTS accepted e of greenbacks. . s Y In the goodmess of his heart Cammas |illary of the Young Men's Christian As- warned Fortas not to show his money in | sociation. The luncheon was served in that shape. He urged the heir to put the | the dining-room on the fifth floor of the fortune in a bank, but th¢ Denverite de- association buildin, ¥ g y s g. Rolla V. Watt pre- Turred, saying that he Dad 20 W 0] g ooy ey call by Rev J:m- banks. “Then the hotel man sald he would | f7e¢ Eid ETace The meeting was called for the purpose of considering the twentyv-second annual furnish a safe deposit vault, but the | | stranger would not do that unl_l»_ss Cam- { :l:::];jol;l;l f:é”;::dfil'?xf;“f,':‘;lod'fi- “the | convention of the Youns Men's Christian Oaklander. A tin box was purchased and | Associations of California, to open Thurs- Cammas deposited his coin therein, along | 98¥ evening, March 12, and close Monday with his new-friend’s wealth. Then he | €Vening, March 16. It will be the first put the same in his safe deposit | meeting in connection with the jubilee vault, or at leaSt he thought he did, |Year of the local assoclation. and dele- | until the day following when, aroused by | 8ates will be present from all parts of the failure of his friends to reappear, he | the State and coast and from Eastern States. The day sessiors will be held at the association building and the night | sessions at the First Congregational made an examination of the box, which revealed a lot of poker chips and some Church. The public will be admitted to all the sessions. bits of paper. Cammas told his troubles Addresses were made by Dr. to the police and they went to work. RAIMENT OF EAGLES Adams, Dr. Hemphill, Rev. Willlam Rader, D DAMPENED BY THE RAIN | wilson, Rev. F. M. Larkin, Rev. J. St = phens, Rev. Mr. White and others. Street Fair in Vallejo Opens in Storm, but With Merriment and Success. The following have made subscriptions to the jubilee fund, which is being ralsed to clear off the indebtedness of the build- VALLEJO, March 2—In a heavy rain 'ngiw S 2 s here to-night Vallejo Aerie No. 71, Fra-| J. Easton, ‘aylor, James Madison, D. ternal Order of Eagles, opened its street ‘E'xnini‘":’f‘,,"’"f,-“‘,’{‘m‘::_“{?“*’" Bros | fair, which is to continue one week. The ., Dr. E. G. Frisble, Charles visitors say that the decorations of this | ler, James §, ;ei:r-{n{ Californt city are more elaborate than any seen in N g the southern part of the State, and if the s Wit M e rain ceases the fair will be a great suc- Watson. Mrs. Rebecc Van Bergen, Mr cess. Early in the evening the Eagles, | N. S. Thompson. Mrs. L Ovinda headed by a brass band, paraded through ::‘fl‘fl; N. D. G. W.; Mrs, Exlnbelh Kava- the central part of town. 8! ORISR NI Fernie Strike May Be Ended. VICTORIA, B. C., March 2—The Brit- jsh Columbia mining convention, which has been in session here for some days, | | closed this morning after selecting Vie- | Washington Observes Anniversary. OLYMPIA, Wash., March 2.—The cele- bration of the fiftieth anniversary of the formation of Washington Territory was participated in this afternoon and this evening by pioneers from all over the toria as the meeting place for next year. This morning the chairman asked Man- ager Tonkin of the Crows Nest Pass Coal Company, who was present, if his com- pany would accept the good offices of a commission to settle the strike at the Fernie mines. The manager replied that he would gladly place all possible infor- mation before the commission. State. This evening a banquet, at which were seated all the members of the Leg- fslature, was given. Among those -re- sponding to toasts were Harvey W. Scott, editor of the Portland Oregonian; ex- Governor Miles C. Moore of Walla Walla and Congressman’ W. E. Humphrey of Seattle. Federal Judge Cornelius H. Han- ford delivered the afternoon oration. ADVERTISEMENTS. FINAL DECREEY $100 REWARD! On December 10, 1002, & final decree was entered by the Cirenit Court of the United States, for the Northern District of California, in suit of Benjamin Levy, Boston, vs. J. M. Wright & Co., San Francisco, establishing the plaintiff’s rights and perpetually enjoining selling or offering for sale, di restraining the defendants from manufacturing, or indireetly, spurious face powder which had been put up in imitation of Lablache Face Powder in counterfeit boxes, bearing counterfeit labels, enclosed in a ébunterfeit circular, and sold to retailers and the public, or in the use of the words “ B. Levy,"” or any of the words, labels, designs or circulars or stickers used by complainant printed, written, stamped, painted, attached or posted thereon, or having any label, printing or device thereon in imitation of complainant’s label, printing or device or any thereof. i WA DU{3CtUTING, selling or offering for sale aBy spurious article as Lablache Powder. Lablache Face Powder ™ is the best and purest toilet preparation in the market. It will delight you to. observe the wonderful benefits your complexion will receiv- from its use. Its peculiar perfume is extracted from flowers and plants which possess soothing city, has ordered an inspection of all |He stated that he had heard the testi- steamers and trains coming to Vancouver [ mony of Secretary Samuels and thai his from the State of Washington. Persons | statement regarding the collection and ——— | and healing properties and are also- powerfully antiseptic in their nature. Tanner Badly Beaten. mmmuhmmnmmcm-m smooth and beautiful. House on Market street, reported tion before entering the city from polnts | did not examine Mr. Curry any further | | counterfeits or substitutes. The genuine bears the nlguuun! * Ben. Levy™ on the other side of the line. e Yukon Commissioner Appointed. San F VANCOUVER, B. C., March Congdon, crown prosecu When Mr. Curry stepped from the stand kon, has been appolnted by order in coun- | it marked the close of the Investigation il to blmmwu of m:: Ter- | so far as thenexxmls;n'l:n 'l;fu ‘witnesses is ritory, in. Ross, e a now vass who was elected to Parllament, L \ i = and expressed themselves as convinced that the tugboat companies had acted for the best interests of the commerce of police yvest that while he was | | n Bruno d, near Army street, | | v night Mike Fox and several other ers knocked him down and kicked ) || m because they said he had acted as a || tool pigeon” for Morris Windt, the tan- || ner. during the recent strike. He was ad. 5 1 1o swear out warrants for their a: in red ink across the label of the box. Flesh, mrhk,&n-.s-alhp. box, of reliable Druggists or by mail. Yo .’ BEN. LEVY & CO., FRENCH PERFUMERS. 125 KINCSTON ST., BOSTON, MASS. _..ad | ce and it is possible that the Native ’ | i | St Grenar G (Successors to California Furniture Co.) 957t0977MxrketS§eet,OppGoldenGateAmue_.